Dear friends and colleagues,

The Council of the International Society of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) has entrusted the endocarditis team of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona (HCB) with the preparation of the Society’s XVI International Symposium of Cardiovascular Infectious Diseases (ISCVID) to be held on June 18–20, 2022 in Barcelona. Originally set for June 2021, it was postponed for one year due to the coronavirus pandemic, in favor of holding an in-person meeting at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain.